Pass Laws Archives - Consciousness.co.za Magazine https://consciousness.co.za/tag/pass-laws/ Arts and African History Wed, 17 Aug 2016 08:08:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 For the women https://consciousness.co.za/for-the-women/ https://consciousness.co.za/for-the-women/#respond Wed, 17 Aug 2016 08:08:58 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=12365 The month of August is known as “women’s month” in our country, South Afrika/Azania. This is due to the fact it was on the 9th of this month sixty years ago (1956) that women went on a march protesting against the extension of the dreaded pass laws to women. The pass was the most diabolical [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/for-the-women/feed/ 0 Lillian Ngoyi https://consciousness.co.za/lillian-ngoyi/ https://consciousness.co.za/lillian-ngoyi/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:06:01 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=1197 http://www.anc.org.za Lillian Ngoyi (born 1911) was known as “the mother of the black resistance” in South Africa. She served as president of the women’s league of the African National Congress. The South African government declared her a “banned person” in the mid-1960s. This meant that her movements and contacts were restricted and she could not [...]

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